Shilo Sanders files for bankruptcy following 2015 incident after $11 million judgment call

After his sexist comments about NFL reporter Mary Kay Cabot, free agent safety Shilo Sanders is involved in a bankruptcy trial, and his attorney recently filed requests that “seek to limit the scope of evidence that is allowed” for it.

USA Today reports that Sanders’ trial comes after an incident where he allegedly assaulted a security guard while he was still a minor in 2015, which led him to file for bankruptcy in 2023 with more than $11 million in debt.

According to court records, one request is about Sanders’ “Prior and Subsequent Disciplinary History,” while another request said it concerns his “Time at The Letot Juvenile Detention Facility” in Dallas, Texas.

As USA Today notes, these requests are also known as “motions in limine.” These are usually pretrial requests that ask judges “to exclude or limit the evidence or arguments that will be allowed at trial so as to prevent irrelevant or inflammatory information from influencing the outcome.”

When is Shilo Sanders’ bankruptcy trial?

Sanders’ upcoming trial is set for Aug. 31, 2026. Additionally, he may be involved in others on “separate issues.” Sanders is hoping to potentially “erase his debt.”

He owes money to a former security guard of his school, John Darjean. It might be an uphill battle, as USA Today notes that Darjean is “fighting to collect every penny.”

In 2015, when he was 15 years old, Sanders allegedly assaulted and injured Darjean. This happened after Darjean tried to collect his phone at school. However, Sanders claims it was done in self-defense.

Darjean originally sued Sanders and his parents in 2016. However, he would later drop it from Sanders’ parents in 2019. He then pressed his lawsuit against Sanders, and he was awarded a $11.89 million default judgment against him after he failed to show up to the trial in 2022.

Now, Darjean is looking to collect his debt. However, Sanders is hoping to erase it by filing for bankruptcy. Darjean is pushing back against Sanders’ efforts to rid himself of the debt. He claims that it stems from a “willful and malicious injury.” That is not dischargeable in bankruptcy court, so Sanders could still owe the money.

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